Heel-protector for boots or shoes



` A. HARRIBEY AND E. COMBECAVE. HEEL PROTECTOR FOR BOOTS 0R SHOES.

APPLICATION man APR. 29, 1920.

1,366,177, l Patented .111118, 1921.

UNITED, STATES rATENT' OFFICE.

ANDR HARRIBEY AND EDMOND coMBEcAvE, or BORDEAUX, FRANCE.

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To @ZZ whom t may concern Be it known that we, ANDR Ha iuunr and .EDMOND COMBECAVE, citizens of the French Republic, both of 37 Chemin de Pessac, Bordeaux, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HeelProtectors for Boots or Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in heel protectors for boots or shoes.

The present invention consists in a new method of preservation of the heels of shoes against rapid wear by means of rubber cubes of prismatic and segmentary shape held in a hinged metal box which is connected to the heel by means of screws.

The device comprises two main elements: l a box formed in two parts: 2 rubber heel blocks fixed by said box.

The annexed drawings illustrate the invention in which z- Figure l is a perspective view ofthe metal framework arranged against a boot-heel but not secured by the screws, the rubber blocks being illustrated by dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the central screw.

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic perspective view of the two parts of the metal frameworkv and of the hinge serving to connect them.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one form of the two rubber heel-blocks.

Fig. 5 is a view in section on line A-B of Fig. 7, showing the complete apparatus fixed in place on the heel of a shoe.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a second form of rubber heel block which is of segmentary shape.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the metal box showing the three apertures in which the rubber heelblocks are inserted and showing y the hole through which passes thel central screw.

The box has a base a fixed on the heel by screws Z b1 and is provided with a screw eye c1 at the center for the reception of a screw c. This base is connected by a hinge d d1 to the box lid e, the wall of which is oblique and which comprises three apertures provided at their peripheries with claws g.' a depression it serves as socket for the screwhead z' provided with two projections i1 which fit into two corresponding recesses i2 in order to produce the locking of the screw c.

The detachable rubber heerbiocks jl j* are Y Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 18 1921 Application mea April 29, 1920. .i seriai No. 377,647.

formed with shoulder-pieces 7c k1 resting on the inner base of the lid e, the projecting parts 7 resting on the ground. These heelblocks engage in the respective apertures j and are held in place by their shoulderpieces and by the penetration of the claws g.

The fixing on the heel C of the shoes is done as follows: The bottom of the box is first fastened underneath the heel of the shoe as described, then the rubber heel-blocks are inserted in their apertures, then the box-lid is turned down on the said bottom, the latter' is fastened by means of the screw o.

The metal parts may be manufactured of various metals, and it can be readily understood that in case of wear, any or all of the rubber heel-blocks can be replaced as required.

It is to. be remarked that the extraction of the rubber heel-blocks for the purpose of replacing them when they are worn away, can be very easily effected without the aid of any tool other than a coin inserted in the notch Z of the screw-head c for unscrewing the -latter and enabling the metal box e to be opened.

What we claim as our invention and desire' to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1.- A protector for shoe heels comprising a fiat plate adapted to be fixed to the under surface of the shoe heel, a lid hinged to said plate and forming therewith a fiat box, said lid having one or more apertures in its fiat face, one or more removable fiat blocks of rubber within said box and having parts of reduced size extending through said apertures beyond said face to form tread surfzces and means for locking said lid to said p ate.

2. A protector for shoe heels comprisinr a fiat plate adapted to be fixed to the un er surface of the shoe heel, a lid hinged to said plate and forming therewith a fiat box, said lid having one or more apertures in its fiat face, claws on the edges of said apertures, one or more flat blocks of rubber extending through said'apertures, said blocks having flanges extending over the inner surface of the Hat face of said lid around said apertures and having a thickness approximately equal to the exterior depth of the box, and means for locking said lid to said plate.

3. A protector for shoe heels comprisin a fiat plate adapted to be fixed to the un er surface of the shoe heel, a lid hinged to said plate and forming therewith a fiat box, said lid having one or more apertures in its flat face,1elaws on the edges'vof said apertures, one or more flat blocks of rubber extending through said apertures, said blocks having anges extending over the inner surface 0f the at face of said lidaround said apertures and having a thickness-approximately equal to the exterior depth of the box, an internally screw-threaded boss Xed to said plate, a' screw passing through said lid and screwed into said boss to look said lid and means for looking said screw.

In witness whereof we have signed this specification in the presence of two wit- 15 nesses.

ANDR HARRIBEY. EDMOND COMBECAVE.

Vitnesses VALTIAN ALEXANDRE, MAURICE PAGS. 

